FILE - In a Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 file photo, Rebecca Johnson, the Republican candidate for the Kentucky House of Representatives and wife of the former representative representing the 49th District speaks with a registered Republican voter, in Mt. Washington, Ky. Johnson, the wife of a former Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself after facing sexual assault allegations, has withdrawn from the GOP primary. Rebecca Johnson says she made the decision to spend more time with her family and her ministry after “much prayer and deliberation.” Johnson had been trying to win the seat once held by her husband, Dan Johnson. less

FILE - In a Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 file photo, Rebecca Johnson, the Republican candidate for the Kentucky House of Representatives and wife of the former representative representing the 49th District speaks ... more

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Kentucky State Rep. Republican Dan Johnson addresses the public from his church regarding sexual assault allegations in Louisville, Ky. Rebecca Johnson, the wife of a former Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself after facing sexual assault allegations, has withdrawn from the GOP primary. Rebecca Johnson says she made the decision to spend more time with her family and her ministry after “much prayer and deliberation.” Johnson had been trying to win the seat once held by her husband, Dan Johnson. less

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2017, file photo, Kentucky State Rep. Republican Dan Johnson addresses the public from his church regarding sexual assault allegations in Louisville, Ky. Rebecca Johnson, the wife of a ... more

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Wife of lawmaker who killed himself withdraws from election

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The wife of a former Kentucky lawmaker who killed himself after facing sexual assault allegations has withdrawn from the GOP primary.

Rebecca Johnson says she made the decision to spend more time with her family and her ministry after "much prayer and deliberation." Johnson had been trying to win the seat once held by her husband, Dan Johnson.

Kentucky secretary of state's office spokesman Bradford Queen says Johnson's name will still appear on the May 22 primary ballot, but any votes for her will not be counted. Thomas Huff is now the only Republican candidate in the race.